Miss Rebecca Wesgate

2026

• Wesgate, R. and Maillard, J. 2026. Impact of wiping materials on the elimination from surfaces of dry surface biofilm of bacteria of food safety concern. Journal of Food Protection 89 (3) 100700. (10.1016/j.jfp.2026.100700)

2024

• Wesgate, R. et al. 2024. Impact of artificial accelerated ageing of PVC surfaces and surface degradation on disinfectant efficacy. Journal of Hospital Infection 149 , pp.1-13. (10.1016/j.jhin.2023.12.021)

2021

• Rossignol, T. et al., 2021. Ethylzingerone, a novel compound with antifungal activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 65 (4) e02711-20. (10.1128/AAC.02711-20)

2020

• Wesgate, R. et al. 2020. Effect of exposure to chlorhexidine residues at “during use” concentrations on antimicrobial susceptibility profile, efflux, conjugative plasmid transfer, and metabolism of Escherichia coli. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 64 (12), pp.e01131-20. (10.1128/AAC.01131-20)
• McDonald, M. et al., 2020. Impact of a dry inoculum deposition on the efficacy of copper-based antimicrobial surfaces. Journal of Hospital Infection 106 (3), pp.465-472. (10.1016/j.jhin.2020.08.013)
• Wesgate, R. et al. 2020. Understanding the risk of emerging bacterial resistance to over the counter antibiotics in topical sore throat medicines. Journal of Applied Microbiology 129 (4), pp.912-925. (10.1111/jam.14682)
• Pascoe, M. J. et al. 2020. Dry heat and microwave generated steam protocols for the rapid decontamination of respiratory personal protective equipment in response to COVID-19-related shortages. Journal of Hospital Infection 106 (1), pp.10-19. (10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.008)
• Wesgate, R. et al. 2020. Hydroxyethoxy phenyl butanone, a new cosmetic preservative, does not cause bacterial cross-resistance to antimicrobials. Journal of Medical Microbiology 69 (5)(10.1099/jmm.0.001147)

2019

• Wesgate, R. et al. 2019. Impact of test protocols and material binding on antimicrobial wipes efficacy. Journal of Hospital Infection 103 (1), pp.e25-e32. (10.1016/j.jhin.2018.09.016)
• Wesgate, R. 2019. The effect of biocidal residues on resistance phenotype in escherichia coli. MPhil Thesis , Cardiff University.

2018

• Siani, H. , Wesgate, R. and Maillard, J. 2018. Impact of antimicrobial wipes compared with hypochlorite solution on environmental surface contamination in a health care setting: a double-crossover study. American Journal of Infection Control 46 (10), pp.1180-1187. (10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.020)

2016

• Wesgate, R. et al. 2016. Impact of standard test protocols on sporicidal efficacy. Journal of Hospital Infection 93 (3), pp.256-262. (10.1016/j.jhin.2016.03.018)
• Wesgate, R. , Grasha, P. and Maillard, J. Y. 2016. Use of a predictive protocol to measure the antimicrobial resistance risks associated with biocidal product usage. American Journal of Infection Control 44 (4), pp.458-464. (10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.009)

2015

• Ramm, L. et al. 2015. Pathogen transfer and high variability in pathogen removal by detergent wipes. American Journal of Infection Control 43 (7), pp.724-728. (10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.024)
• Fraise, A. P. et al., 2015. Development of a sporicidal test method for Clostridium difficile. Journal of Hospital Infection 89 (1), pp.2-15. (10.1016/j.jhin.2014.09.014)
• Sattar, S. et al., 2015. Disinfectant wipes are appropriate to control microbial bioburden from surfaces: use of a new ASTM standard test protocol to demonstrate efficacy. Journal of Hospital Infection 91 (4), pp.319-325. (10.1016/j.jhin.2015.08.026)